SB 611: Planning and zoning: community plans: review under the California Environmental Quality Act.

This bill reenacts provisions that require courts to respect certain decisions made by local agencies when adopting community plans and approving development projects that are consistent with those plans. The new provisions apply to updates to community plans adopted after January 1, 2025, and development projects for which applications have been filed by January 1, 2036. The bill applies to all cities, including charter cities, and declares it to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.